Sumiko Blue Point Special EVO II
Discontinued replaced by Blue Point No.3
The latest evolutionary step for the long-standing Blue Point Special moving coil cartridge model, the EVO III sets a high bar for performance.
Its tonal balance is remarkably smooth, exhibiting a fundamental richness and overall warmth without sacrificing musical detail and resolution.
Sound stage focus and channel separation are exemplary, as is the cartridge’s ability to maintain a coherent consistency that reproduces music as a perceptual whole.
The EVO III marries a low-mass, chemically coated aluminium cantilever with SUMIKO’s finely polished, 0.3 x 0.7 micron elliptical stylus for exceptional tracking ability and musical detail, as well as superior dynamics and a faster response time.
The cartridge is also the most affordable in the range to utilise an ultra-low resonance “open generator” design, with a resonance controlled mounting plate for the lowest possible mechanical impedance.
The advanced physical design is still compatible with most modern tonearms, for ease of set-up.
The EVO III is available in two output options. The standard “Low” output version has an output voltage comparable to most other moving coils, and requires either a step-up transformer or an MC phono stage for matching to a hi-fi system.
The “High” output version is a type that many other cartridge manufacturers have struggled to achieve with such success.
SUMIKO high output moving coils can be paired with almost any MM phono stage, and the Blue Point Special EVO III marries a low-mass cantilever to a powerful generator system for 2.5mV of output.
Key Features:
- Moving Coil cartridge with 0.3 x 0.7 micron Elliptical stylus
- Warm yet musically detailed and beautifully staged sonic performance
- Ultra-low resonance “open generator” cartridge
- Overhead mounting design
- Available in two output versions, to suit any listening system
- Easy to set-up and install
Blue Point Special Evo III Low Specifications
| Frequency Response: | 12Hz – 40kHz |
| Output Voltage: | 0.5mV |
| Load Impedance: | >100Ω |
| Channel Seperation: | 30dB @ 1kHz |
| Channel Balance: | <0.5dB@ 1kHz |
| Cartridge Tyoe: | Moving Coil |
| Stylus Type: | Micron elliptical |
| Compliance: | 12×10-6 cm/dyn |
| Tracking Force Range: | 1.8 – 2.2g |
| Recommended Force: | 2.0g |
| Cartridge Weight: | 8.3g |
Blue Point Special Evo III High
| Frequency Response: | 12Hz – 40kHz |
| Output Voltage: | 2.5mV |
| Load Impedance: | 47kΩ |
| Channel Seperation: | 30dB @ 1kHz |
| Channel Balance: | <0.5dB@ 1kHz |
| Cartridge Type: | Moving Coil |
| Stylus Type: | Micron Elliptical |
| Compliance: | 12×10-6 cm/dyn |
| Tracking Force Range: | 1.8 – 2.2g |
| Recommended Force: | 2.0g |
| Cartridge Weight: | 8.3g |
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